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Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Oscar Wilde: Society exists only...

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

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Oscar Wilde: How clever you...

Oscar Wilde: How clever you...

How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.

Source: Lady...

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Oscar Wilde: The advantage of...

Oscar Wilde: The advantage of...

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Source: Lord Henry, in...

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Oscar Wilde: The Americans are...

Oscar Wilde: The Americans are...

The Americans are certainly hero-worshippers, and always take their heroes from the criminal...

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Oscar Wilde: Life, Lady Stutfield,...

Oscar Wilde: Life, Lady Stutfield,...

Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.

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Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

Oscar Wilde: The sick do...

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their...

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Oscar Wilde: In modern life...

Oscar Wilde: In modern life...

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world...

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Oscar Wilde: Romance should never...

Oscar Wilde: Romance should never...

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a...

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Oscar Wilde: Ah well, I...

Oscar Wilde: Ah well, I...

Ah well, I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.

Source: On being told the...

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Oscar Wilde: Work is the...

Oscar Wilde: Work is the...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Source: Quoted in: Hesketh Pearson, Life...

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Oscar Wilde: His style is...

Oscar Wilde: His style is...

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except...

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Oscar Wilde: As one knows...

Oscar Wilde: As one knows...

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognise the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither...

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Oscar Wilde: Don't give a...

Oscar Wilde: Don't give a...

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the...

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William Wordsworth: Think you, 'mid...

William Wordsworth: Think you, 'mid...

Think you, 'mid all this mighty sum
Of things forever speaking.
That nothing of itself will come,
But we must...

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William Wordsworth: A reasoning, self-sufficing...

William Wordsworth: A reasoning, self-sufficing...

A reasoning, self-sufficing thing,
An intellectual all-in-all.


Source: A Poet's...

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William Wordsworth: Golf is a...

William Wordsworth: Golf is a...

Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness.

Source: In The Golfer's Book...

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William Wordsworth: The oldest man...

William Wordsworth: The oldest man...

The oldest man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs.

Source: Resolution and...

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William Wordsworth: The good old...

William Wordsworth: The good old...

The good old rule
Sufficeth them, the simple plan,
That they should take, who have the power,
And they should...

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William Wordsworth: Characters of the...

William Wordsworth: Characters of the...

Characters of the great Apocalypse,
The types and symbols of Eternity,
Of first, and last, and midst, and...

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J August Strindberg: I hated her...

J August Strindberg: I hated her...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of...

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